Life After Bill? ?

[Treebeard]

With hurricane Bill churning offshore it looks like a pretty heavy swell coming for the weekend.. We'll remain tied to the docks this weekend, as  I suspect will many others. So lets have some good fishtalk..   As my saltwater experience is somewhat limited, maybe some of the njwsf seasoned salts would be generous enough to share their knowledge  concerning how these storms effect fishing after their passing...  I know the heave will likely stir up the bottom inshore.. How long before things begin to settle   How is water temp effected    How do various fishes  react/reposition after storms    What effects can it have on offshore/midshore pelagic fisheries  What about the Surf  What are potential benefits of such events     With the wealth of knowledge posessed by the members of this board, I'm sure the answers will be of great value to us all 

[bassnblues]

Although there much more knowledgeable people that me here I would think that things would be back to where they were after a couple of days given the time of year.

If it was a transition time, say Sept or Oct a big blow would change things but the avg water temp shouldn't change much so I think it'll just fall back into a late August pattern...

[SurfJockey]

Good question.  Was wondering the same myself. 

[ped579]

Depending on how Bill will end up, if it comes up and stays a Cat 3 the oceans will be churned up pretty good especially inshore.  You might experience some upwelling (which is the colder water can be brought to the top) but if an inversion occurs which is the cold and the warm do a flip flop. If this happens he water will take longer to get back to normal more closer to a week.

The churning up of the bottom will occur so look for a cloudy water with loads of debris like grasses, sand and smashed up shells.

The key here is the smashed up shells.  Bait of choice for a while will be clams for the beach guys as well as those that stay inshore more.  The beaches will be taking a beating so if you venture out make sure your not caught off guard and stranded on IBSP during a high tide out there.

The rough seas on the other hand will make for some good striper fishing if you dare to get out and try your luck off the beaches.

All in all I would guess we can look for questionable conditions for close to a week with this one.

The back bays should fair okay as they are not battered like the ocean side so only a couple of days and everything should be good to go again and back to normal.

This would be a good time to do some mid summer maintenance on the boats and get ready for the Fall run, I hope things are good this year.

Happy Catching

Paul

[sea nymph]

Very Good Question!
Could this mean that Ocean Fluke fishing may be over before the season ends?

[Luna Sea 5]

just go to the all you can eat lobster buffet.. great alternative.

[Treebeard]

just go to the all you can eat lobster buffet.. great alternative.

Nick,  thats a great alternative even when the fish are jumpin in the boat  ..  looking at reports, it seems like Bill threw a monkey wrench into the fluking for the most part..  From  the disgusting forecast I just looked at for this weekend, it looks like my fluke season is over    Oh, well bust out the trollin gear and chum buckets 

[Skolmann]

Better get out while you can.

Danny boy on the way.



http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20090826/ARTICLES/908269984/1155?Title=Tropical-Storm-Danny-s-projected-path-reaches-N-C-coast

[Ranger79]

In my opion i would say the flukin season is over 
Now its just time to focus on the blues and stripers. Game on 

[Pfishingruven]

In my opion i would say the flukin season is over 
Now its just time to focus on the blues and stripers. Game on 

Fluking season never started for me !